County Profile

Kennebec

Located in south-central Maine, Kennebec County is the state’s forth-most populous county in the state. Kennebec County is home to the state capitol Augusta, University of Maine at Augusta, Thomas College and Colby College.

Kennebec

Kennebec County at a Glance:

18% of children under 18 live in poverty.**

27.2% of children in Kennebec County receive SNAP benefits, 45.8% of school-aged children are eligible for subsidized school meals.**

22.8% of children are living with food insecurity.**

The infant mortality rate in Kennebec County is 8.4 per 1,000.**

10 per every 1,000 children in Kennebec County are in DHHS custody.**

50.1% of children in Kennebec County participate in MaineCare.**

42.9% of people in Kennebec County are not currently in the workforce.*

19.8% of the population is under the age of 18.*

35.1% of the population achieved a high school degree; 29.4% have a bachelor’s degree or higher.*

The high school graduation rate for Kennebec County is 88.2%.**

*Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2012-2016

**Source: Maine Kids Count

Grants Awarded in this Region

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Award

Description

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2020

Augusta Food Bank

$15,000

To provide general operating support.

Augusta, ME

2020

MaineGeneral Medical Center

$25,000

To provide vulnerable patients in central Maine with emergency food bags, meal vouchers, transportation vouchers, and materials that share available community resources.

Augusta, ME

2020

Rural Community Action Ministry

$15,000

To provide general operating support.

Leeds, ME

2019

Amistad

$15,000

To provide general operating support.

Portland, ME

2019

Augusta Food Bank

$20,000

To support a backpack program, which provides nutritious food to food insecure children in the Augusta School System and at the Children's Center of Augusta.

Augusta, ME

2019

Kennebec Mental Health Association

$25,000

To support the Homes and Community-Based Treatment Program, which provides intensive, in-home, team-based therapy for children and their families who are experiencing difficulties beyond the scope of regular outpatient counseling.

Waterville, ME

2019

KVCC Foundation

$95,000

To support a dedicated Two-Generation Student Navigator, who will connect economically disadvantaged KVCC student parents to wraparound supports to ensure degree completion.

Fairfield, ME

2019

Maine Inside Out

$65,000

To both support the work of their Leadership Council, which develops the leadership and social capital of formerly incarcerated young people, and to support organizational efforts for financial management assistance.

Portland, ME

2019

Maine Inside Out

$4,000

To bring a performance of Maine Inside Out's play "EXPOSED" to the Statewide Juvenile Justice Task Force's meeting in Augusta in fall of 2019.

Portland, ME

2019

MaineGeneral Medical Center

$130,000

To support the provision of home-based parent coaching services through the modified Attachment and Biobehavorial Catch-up model to at-risk mothers in the Kennebec Valley Region.

Augusta, ME

2019

Northern Light Inland Hospital

$25,000

To support on-site food, food security resources, and transportation vouchers for primary care patients at Northern Light Inland Hospital who are screened and identified as in need of additional supports.

Bangor, ME

2019

Rural Community Action Ministry

$15,000

To provide general operating to support at-risk individuals living in rural areas of Androscoggin, Kennebec and Oxford counties via services for basic needs, homelessness and hunger prevention.

LEEDS, ME

2018

Jobs for Maine's Graduates

$300,000

Two year grant to support the Expanded Opportunity Passport program -- a financial capacity building, education, and matched savings program expanded to non-foster care youth who face challenges or have little or no family support.

To support Maine Inside Out's Leadership Council, which is a year-long effort to develop the leadership, professional experience and social capital of formerly incarcerated older youth.

Portland, ME

2018

Rural Community Action Ministry

$15,000

To provide general operating to support at-risk individuals living in rural areas of Androscoggin, Kennebec and Oxford counties via services for basic needs, homelessness and hunger prevention.

Leeds, ME

2017

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area

$15,000

To provide support for hospice patients and their families.

Waterville, ME

2017

Kennebec Mental Health Association

$25,000

To provide support for the Homeless Youth Outreach Program, to ensure youth's basic needs are met, that they have access to mainstream resources, and that they achieve safe, stable housing.

Waterville, ME

2016

Amistad

$15,000

General operating support to address the needs of individuals with mental illness and other life challenges.

Portland, ME

2016

Augusta Food Bank

$50,000

To support service expansion in the Augusta area.

Augusta, ME

2016

Augusta Public Schools

$9,586

For community-based programming to address summer learning loss in Augusta.

Augusta, ME

2016

Kennebec Mental Health Association

$25,000

To provide support to youth in Central Maine who are experiencing homelessness.

Waterville, ME

2016

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program

$15,000

To provide transportation services to individuals and families affected by cancer.

Waterville, ME

2016

Muskie School of Public Service

$50,000

To support Maine LEAP, a coordinated delivery of two evidence based programs to improve education and career outcomes for youth in foster care.

Portland, ME

2016

Muskie School of Public Service

$65,000

To support an enhanced level of coordination and organization among all service providers who work with youth in foster care.

Portland, ME

2016

Rural Community Action Ministry

$15,000

To support programs aimed at alleviating hunger and homelessness for the most vulnerable residents in 13 central Maine towns.

Leeds, ME

2015

Amistad

$25,000

To address the needs of individuals with mental illness and other life challenges; develop peer services; and advocate for changes to the mental health system.

Portland, ME

2015

Augusta Food Bank

$15,000

To provide food to children and families and serve as a resource for families in crisis.

Augusta, ME

2015

Healthy Community Coalition

$20,000

To support programs that address food insecurity.

Farmington, ME

2015

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program

$20,000

To provide transportation services to individuals and families affected by cancer.

Waterville, ME

2015

Maine Farmland Trust

$25,000

To support programs that help address the needs of food insecure people in Maine.

Belfast, ME

2015

MaineGeneral Medical Center

$25,000

To provide support for developing one point-of-entry for patients seeking a potential oncology referral.

Augusta, ME

2014

Augusta Food Bank

$10,000

To provide funding to purchase food items and lunch bags for low-income children in local schools during the weekend and over vacations.

Augusta, ME

2014

Catholic Charities Maine

$15,000

To provide funding to support program services and volunteers to isolated seniors so they can remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible.

Portland, ME

2014

Good Willl Home Association

$65,000

To provide funding for the College Step Up program, supporting youth aging out of foster care by providing year-round housing, academic coaching and life skills education while they attend Kennebec Valley Community College.

Hinckley, ME

2014

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area

$10,000

To provide direct care and bereavement services for hospice patients with a cancer diagnosis.

Waterville, ME

2014

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program

$14,000

To help families enroll in the Harold Alfond College Challenge savings program, as well as to provide ongoing education and support to families.

Waterville, ME

2014

Maine Farmland Trust

$15,000

To provide funds for the Local Food for Seniors program.

Belfast, ME

2014

Rural Community Action Ministry

$15,000

To provide operating support for programs aimed at alleviating hunger and homelessness for the most vulnerable residents in thirteen central Maine towns.

Leeds, ME

2013

American Cancer Society

$25,000

To support two patient navigator programs at Maine Medical Center and Maine General.

Framingham, MA

2013

Boy Scouts of America

$15,534

To support the creation of four new scouting units in underserved subsidized Housing Authority neighborhoods.

Raymond, ME

2013

Catholic Charities Maine

$25,000

To provide support services and volunteers to isolated seniors so they can remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible.

Portland, ME

2013

Central Maine Area Agency on Aging

$25,000

To provide direct services to low income seniors and their family caregivers to help them remain independent in their own homes for as long as possible.

Augusta, ME

2013

Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area

$15,000

To improve quality of life for isolated senior citizens in rural communities who are in need of hospice and grief services.

Waterville, ME

2013

Kennebec Mental Health Association

$20,000

To support general operations of Kennebec Behavioral Health to serve low-income clients with mental illness.

Waterville, ME

2013

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program

$75,830

To provide support and technical assistance for Waterville’s Project 2020, a community-driven plan aimed at increasing third grade reading proficiency informed by the National Grade Level Reading Campaign model.

Waterville, ME

2013

Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency

$12,500

To pilot a multidisciplinary model that will improve the lives of older patients who suffer from Mild Cognitive Impairment and decrease patient isolation and caregiver burden.

Augusta, ME

2013

Maine Farmland Trust

$25,000

To continue a highly successful Community Farm Share program targeting low income seniors.

Belfast, ME

2013

Volunteers of America Northern New England

$20,000

To support the Options At Home Program to expand affordable personal care services for low to moderate income seniors in Southern, Mid-Coast, and Central Maine.

Brunswick, ME

2012

American Cancer Society

$25,000

To support the Patient Navigator and the Road to Recovery Programs for patients undergoing cancer treatments.

Framingham, MA

2012

Central Maine Area Agency on Aging

$23,600

To provide meals through the Meals on Wheels program to homebound adults and seniors in Somerset County.

Augusta, ME

2012

Consumers for Affordable Health Care

$40,000

To support the Consumer Assistance Program to help low-income adults and families find affordable health insurance coverage or health care services.

Augusta, ME

2012

Crisis and Counseling Center

$100,000

To support a demonstration project intended to reduce recidivism rates among individuals in the Kennebec County Correctional Facility.

Augusta, ME

2012

Family Violence Project

$19,560

To support the transportation needs of domestic violence clients seeking community services.

Augusta, ME

2012

Healthy Communities of the Capital Area

$10,262

To support outreach workers who provide services to families with substance abuse issues whose children are enrolled in either Head-Start programs or Home Visiting programs.

Gardiner, ME

2012

Jobs for Maine's Graduates

$25,000

To support a Pathway Specialist in the communities of Brewer, Windham, Portland and Bath to help high school students attain a high school diploma and identify plans for educational and employment opportunities after high school.

Augusta, ME

2012

Kennebec Mental Health Association

$10,000

To provide direct care to youths between the ages of 10 and 17 who are homeless, runaways or at risk of homelessness, to help them move toward stable living options and to reduce youth homelessness in central Maine.

Waterville, ME

2012

Kennebec Valley Community Action Program

$5,000

To provide support for the WorkReady program which is designed to assist unemployed individuals achieve employment.

Waterville, ME

2012

Kennebec Valley Dental Coalition

$12,000

To provide dental supplies to 3,500 patients serviced at the Community Dental Center.

Waterville, ME

2012

Legal Services for the Elderly

$29,650

To support free legal help for low-income seniors most at risk of foreclosure.

Augusta, ME

2012

Maine Development Foundation

$100,000

To support the Maine Employer's Initiative, which partners with employers and post-secondary institutions in Maine to reconnect incumbent workers who have some college experience but have not completed their degrees.

Augusta, ME

2012

New Beginnings

$25,000

To provide support for housing and other services for disadvantaged and disconnected youth in Androscoggin, Franklin, Cumberland, York, and Kennebec counties.

Lewiston, ME

2012

University of Maine System - New Ventures Maine

$50,000

To support career planning and small business development for low-income women in order to realize economic self-sufficiency.